Fountain syringe



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FOUNTAIN SYRINGE Filed May 13, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TORS A675)75/7/10? fizz/1%?" United States Patent FOUNTAIN SYRINGE Mary Vrana,Elizabeth May Vrana, and Charles Vrana,

This invention relates to fountain syringes and proposes certainimprovements in our co-pending applications, Serial No. 384,108 filedOctober 5, 1953, now Patent No. 2,705,495, for Fountain Syringe andSerial No. 396,537 filed December 7, 1953, for Fountain Syringe.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a fountain syringefor vaginal and rectal use which may be readily mounted over aconventional toilet seat and which permits the user to obtain aninternal bath with a minimum of inconvenience and which includes novelmeans for operating and adjusting the syringe to the comfort ,of theuser.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a fountainsyringe of the above type which contains no exposed parts and which isentirely sanitary and which is retained in operative position bymeans ofthe users weight upon the toilet seat. 1

Other objects of the invention are to provide a fountain syringe bearingthe above objects in mind which is ofv simple construction, inexpensiveto manufacture, has a minimum number of parts, is easy to use andeflicient in operation.

For other objects and a better understanding of the invention, referencemaybe had to the following detailed description taken in connection withthe accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a fountain syringe adapted forvaginal use and shown mounted upon a toilet;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevational view of the device shown partlyin section;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the headportion thereof in extended position;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing a modified form of thepresent invention adapted for rectal use;

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view shown partly in elevation takenthrough the mounting post and showing the manner in which the metal rimis forced down onto the toilet bowl under the users weight;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged view similar to Fig. 4 shown partly in section;and

Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 7-7 of Fig.6.

Referring now more in detail to the drawing, there is shown in Figs. 1through 3 a fountain syringe embodying the features of the presentinvention and adapted for vaginal use and including a mounting post 10,provided at its upper end with a resilient cap 11 adapted to be engagedby the undersurface of the conventional toilet seat 12 mounted on thetoilet bowl 13 by means of the hinge 14.

The bottom of the post is integrally formed with an enlarged baseportion 15 adapted to rest on the front portion of the bowl 13, theundersurface of the base 15 being concave as at 16 and fixedly mountinga suction cup 17. The post 10 is integrally formed with a tubularportion extending therethrough and including an inlet 18 integrallyformed with a circular flange 19 and an outlet 26 which curvesdownwardly at 21 and then up- 2 wardly as at 22. The outlet 22 beingsimilarly formed with a circular flange 23.

An elongated wire tube 24 is slidably disposed within the tubularportion 18, 20, 21, 22 and extends outwardly therefrom at both ends, awaterproof flexible tubing of rubber or other suitable material 25passing through the wire tubing 24 and extending outwardly from oppositeends of the latter. A head 26 is integrally formed with a hollow sleeve27 which communicates with a central longitudinal bore 28, the end ofspring wire 24 being secured within the sleeve 27 with the Waterprooftubing 25 extending partially through the bore 28 (Fig. 2). A spring 29sleeves the wire tube 24 intermediate a'flange 30 integrally formed inthe head 26-and the flange 23 and is in turn sleeved by a resilientcover 31 connected at opposite ends to the flanges 23, 30. The spring 29is connected at one end to the head 26 and at the other end to theflange 23 and serves to hold up the cover 31.

An adapter nipple 49 is integrally'formed with a sleeve 32 which hassecured therewithin one end of the wire tube 24, the sleeve 32 beingintegrally formed with a circular flange 33. The adapter 49 is providedwith a longitudinal bore 34 which communicates with the interior ofsleeve 32 and which receives therethrough the waterproof tube 25. Aspring 35 sleeves the wire tubing 24 intermediate the flanges 19 and 33and serves to hold up flexible covering 36 surrounding the spring 35 andbeing secured at opposite ends to the flanges 19, 33. The adapter 49 isconnected to suitable source of syringe water by means of the flexibletubing 37.

In operation, the post 10 'is placed intermediate the seat 12 and thebowl 13 with the suction cup 17 engaging the latter and is'retained inthis position by the users weight upon the seat 12, 'as will be obvious.It will be noted that the head member 26 is normally disposed be low theseat 12 when in the retracted position. The device is extended to theoperative position of Fig. 3 by moving the adapter 49 towards the post10, this position being shown in phantomin Fig. l, whereupon the syringefluid coursing through flexible tubing 37 passes through the waterprooftubing 25 and out of the head member 2e.

Referring now particularlyto Figs. 4 through 7, there is shown amodified form of the present invention adapted for rectal use whereinthe. post 10 is integrally formed with a tubular portion passingtherethrough and including an inlet 38 integrally formed at its outerend with an enlarged portion 39, the outer face of the enlarged portion39 being integrally formed with the spaced flanges 40. The post 10 isalso formed with a downwardly extending outlet tubing 41 which is bentupwardly as at 42 and is integrally formed at its upper end with anenlarged portion 43 integrally formed on its outer face with thelongitudinally spaced flanges 44. In this form of the invention theopposite ends of the flexible elastic covering 31 are secured to theflange 30 of head member 26 and intermediate the longitudinally spacedflanges 44. An adapter 45' is formed with an annular ridge 46 whichreceives therewithin one end of the flexible elastic covering 36 whilethe other end thereof is secured intermediate the longitudinally spacedflanges 40. The adapter 45 is provided with a longitudinal bore 47 whichreceives partially therethrough the waterproof tubing 25, the nipplebeing provided with an enlarged bore 48 which therewithin receives theend of the wire tube 24.

In other respects the form of the invention shown in Figs. 4 through 7is the same as that shown in Figs. 1 through 3, and like referencenumerals identify like parts throughout the several views. Due to theshape of the tubular portion 41, 42, the device is designed for rectaluse and it will be noted that the head member 26 is again disposed whenin retracted position below the seat 12. In order to raise the headmember 26 to the operative 3 position shown .in phantom in Fig. 4, thenit is only necessary to move the adapter 45 towards the post 10, thesyringe fluid coursing through tubing 37 being delivered through thehead member. 26 by means of the waterproof tubing 25.

While various changes may bemade in thedetailconstruction,:it shall beunderstood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of thepresent invention as defined by the appendedaclaims. 7

Having thus settorth :and disclosed the nature of our invention, what isclaimed is:

l. A fountain syringe comprising a post member, means for mounting saidpost member intermediate the seat and bowl of .a toilet, aninterconnected inlet and outlet on said post, an elongated wire tubingextending through said inlet a d outlet, a waterproof tubing within saidwire tube and extendingbeyond the ends thereof, a head memher having alongitudinal bore therethrough mounted on one end of said waterprooftubing, an adapter mounted on the other end of said waterproof tubing,said wire tubing being slidable through said inlet andoutlet, springmeans sleeving said wire tubing intermediate said head member and saidoutlet member adapted to hold up flexible covering and spring meanssleeving saidwire tubing intermediate said inlet and said adapter,adapted to hold up flexible covering.

2. A fountain syringe according to claim 1, said means for mounting saidpost member intermediate the seat and bowl of a toilet comprising anenlarged concave base at the bottom of said post member, a suction cupmounted within said concave base, and arubber cap at the top of saidbase. l

3. A syringe according to claim 2, said outlet extending downwardly andthen upwardly whereby -to normally position said head member within theseat below the top thereof when said head member is in a retractedposition.

4. A fountain syringe according to claim 3, said first spring meanscomprising a flange at the end of said outlet, a complementary flangeformed on said head member, one end of said spring means being connectedto said outlet flange and the other to said head member flange andadapted to hold up a flexible resilient covering sleeviug said springmeans with the opposite ends thereof connected to said head memberflange and said outlet flange.

5. A fountain syringe according to claim 4, said second spring meanscomprising a first flange formed on said inlet, a second flange formedon said adapter, said spring means abutting said adapter flange at oneend and said inlet flange at the other end, said adapter having alongitudinal bore receiving said waterproof tubing therethrough and anenlarged bore receiving one end of said wire tubing in fixed engagementtherewith, and a flexible resilient covering sleeving said second springmeans and secured at opposite ends to said inlet flange and said adapterflange.

6. A fountain syringe comprising a post member, means for mounting saidpost member intermediate the seat and bowl of a toilet, aninterconnected inlet and outlet on said post, an elongated wire tubingextending through said inlet and outlet, a waterproof tubing within saidwire tube and extending beyond the endsthereof, a head member having alongitudinal bore therethrough mounted on one end of said waterprooftubing, an adapter mounted on the other end of said waterproof tubing,said wire tubing being slidable throughsaid inlet and outlet, saidoutlet tubing extending downwardly within the bowl and terminatingin asubstantially vertical, upwardly extending portion integrally formed atits upper end with an enlarged portion, a pair of longitudinally spacedflanges formed on the outside of said enlarged portion, a flange formedin said head member, and aflexible, resilient cover secured at oppositeends to :said longitudinally spaced flanges and said head member flangecovering said wire tube.

7. A fountain syringe according to claim 6, said inlet extendingupwardly from said post away from said head member and terminating in anenlarged portion having longitudinally spaced flanges on the outersurface thereof, said adapter :having an annular groove, and a flexibleresilient covering secured at one end to said annular groove and at theother end intermediate said longi- References Cited in the file of thispatent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,137,242 Stratton Apr. 27, i915

